BROWN, Sherrod, a Senator and a Representative from Ohio; born in Mansfield,
Richland County, Ohio, November 9, 1952; B.A., Yale University, New Haven,
Conn., 1974; M.A., Ohio State University, Ohio, 1981; member of the faculty,
Ohio State University, Mansfield, Ohio, 1979-1981; member of the Ohio State
house of representatives, 1975-1982; Ohio secretary of state, 1983-1991;
elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the six succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2007); not a candidate for reelection to
the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate in 2006; reelected in 2012 for the term ending January 3,
2019.